Moisture Meter Clinics 2013

Fengrain Lab Wimblington 6th June 8am to 3pm

Home Farm Welford 20^th June 9am to 4pm

Samco Office B Stortford 26^th June 9am to 4pm

Fengrains moisture meter clinics are free of charge to members who bring and service their meters on the above days.

Machines can be services BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT on other days for a fee of £15.

Non suppliers to Fengrain will be charged a fee of £20

Paul Randle

Fengrain - East Anglia's premier grain storage and marketing Co-operative wish to recruit grain handling specialists to work nights in our 120,000t grain store in Wimblington near March, Cambs, on a short term contract from May to September/October.

The Facility processes and stores grain for over 250 local farmers. Grain is delivered in bulk throughout the busy harvest period and after drying and dressing is stored in both flat stores and silos ready for delivery to major processors throughout the UK.

Applicants will ideally have knowledge of grain understanding the different varieties, and qualities. They will have worked in a grain or farm store and be used to handling and storage equipment. Ideally with some light engineering experience they must be reliable, hard working, well organised, literate and numerate.

It is important that applicants are physically strong with no allergies associated with working with grain.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and night premiums paid where applicable.

Applicants should e mail their cv to enquiry@fengrain.co.uk of call Denise Darnell on 01354 740691 to register their application.

Mycotoxins Risk Assessment 2013

Don't forget the risk assessment for this year!

The Risk Score is needed for the passport

The 2013 form is available from the HGCA website www.hgca.com/mycotoxins

Or contact Phil Green / lab staff for a copy

Top 100 UK-owned business in Cambridgeshire.
 

Fengrain are proud to have recieved an award for being one of the top 100 UK owned businesses in Cambridgeshire from Grant Thornton

The Cambridgeshire Ltd report was compiled by Grant Thornton in November 2012 which analysed the accounts of the Top 100 UK-owned businesses in the county to provide an overview of the business landscape. The results were presented to an audience of 150 business leaders on the 28 November and report highlights included:

• Employment up by 7%
• Gearing is considerably low at 30%
• Operating profits improvement seen across all sectors, bar one
• Turnover up 10% across all sectors
• Vibrantly diverse community in Cambridgeshire with 9 strong sectors

Kevin Cooper our Commercial Director collected the award on behalf of the COmpany from John Corbishley a partner of Grant Thorntons. (Picture in the Gallery).

AIC Member Briefing                            Mycotoxin – Update on Testing Requirements for Harvest 2012 Crop

At an industry meeting today, nabim reported on the position of its members in continuing to require a DON mycotoxin test result for all deliveries to all mills. This is as a reaction to the elevated DON levels seen this harvest in both AIC and nabim rapid results with some 5,500 results having been generated by respective members.

The situation will be reviewed again in December.

AIC and NFU did question the decision to adopt a blanket approach to testing when analysis of the results showed certain geographic areas presenting many of the higher results. Whilst some regional millers may decide to adopt such an approach the view from more national companies was that managing two different systems was not possible for intakes and that the figures suggested this could not be done in a way which would meet their due diligence requirements.

Data from nabim suggests that whilst there has been a good correlation between test results taken at intake and those provided from within the trade (ie. on the passport), there has been a poor correlation between test results and risk analysis. This lack of correlation was also noted by breakfast cereal manufacturers who indicated they would also continue to require testing for their lower intake level needs.

Results for barley and oats, as well as results for ZON, indicated generally low levels and no additional requirements for testing.

BRIEFING NOTE ENDS

Please find all storage charges within the members area - type in your account code into the box above.

Remember ALL grain delivered to store must be booked in prior.

Harvest Desk 01354 742209  

Please call us when you require your grain to be tested.

Grain sample results will be given to you by your grain buyer.

Collection and testing at harvest is FREE EXCEPT FOR DON TESTS which are charged to members at £15 and non members at £25. Outside of harvest the cost is £50.

DUE TO CONSUMERS DEMANDING A DON RESULT ON ARRIVAL - PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL FARM SAMPLES WILL BE DON TESTED UNLESS WE ARE SPECIFICALLY NOTIFIED BEFORE THE TEST